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• Churches - chapter from Johnson's History of Nebraska, 1880.
• Churches in Nebraska - List of churches found in the Government Mapping database (GNIS)
• Church Records held by Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln, NE (sorted by county)
  "Church Records" from Genealogist's Corner of NSHS newsletter, Vol 52, no. 7 - Jan 2000
  
  Boone County
  Histories of churches in St. Edward, NE - from NSGS NE Ancestree Vol 1. no. 2
  Butler County
  Histories of churches in David City, NE - from NSGS NE Ancestree Vol 1. no. 3
  Johnson County
  Church records for ME and UB churches - from NSGS Ancestree Vol. 18. no. 4 ; NSGS Ancestree Vol. 19. no 1; NSGS Ancestree Vol. 19. no 2

DENOMINATIONS

• Baptist
  Rev. Moses Merrill & his wife, Eliza Wilcox, "First Missionaries to NE" - from Sheldon's History & Stories of Nebraska.
  Buffalo County
  George W Graham (1831-1919, obit of Baptist minister, Buffalo Co website)
  Butler County
  First Baptist Church in David City (Butler County, NE) from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. One, no. 3, p 106 Winter 1978
  Cherry County
  Kilgore Baptist Church from NSGS NE Ancestree Vol. 4 no. 3
  Nemaha County
  Highland Baptist Cemetery, Glenrock Precinct  - from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 7 no. 1
  
  Seventh Day Baptist - Biography of Rev. John P. Gardiner, in Compendium ...Western Nebraska, 1909.
  
  
• Catholic Church -
  "Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy Research Guide" by Ann Mensch.
  Franciscans in Nebraska, The - by the Rev. Eugene Hagedorn, O.F.M., 1931.
  Knights of Columbus - Nebraska State Council Proceedings, 1905-1926.
  
  "Father DeSmet", first Catholic missionary - from Sheldon's History and Stories of Nebraska, 1914.
  From - Memorial and Biographical Record ... Butler, Polk, Seward, York and Fillmore Counties ...
        St. Mary's Catholic Church - David City, Butler, NE
        Father Roche - St. Mary's Catholic Church, David City
        St. Mary's Catholic Church - Luxemburg Settlement, Butler Co., NE
  The Rev. M.E. Dolan (1872 -) Bio. in "Compendium ... Western NE", 1909.
  
  Adams County
  St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, near Holstein, NE from NSGS Ancestree, Vol. 1 no. 3
  Gage County
  St. Joseph's Parochial School, Beatrice, NE - Closing Exercises, 1908 - from NSGS Ancestree, Vol. 16, no. 3 page 99
  Hayes County
  Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Thornburg Pct. from NSGS Ancestree, Vol. 10, no. 3
  Hitchcock County
  Roman Catholics on the Frontier from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 4 no. 3
  Holt County
  St. Boniface Catholic Church, Stuart, NE from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 22, no. 3 page 101
  Nance County
  St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Genoa - portion of dedication ceremony program, 1952 from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 12 no. 2 page 53
  Valley County
  St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 12 no. 3
  
  


• Church of God - Bio for Andrew F. DUGGER, Semi-Centennial History of Nebraska, 1904, p 312 (photo, scan down for brief article).
  
  
• Congregational Church:
  Early history (three articles from NSHS Transactions and Reports, Vol III - 1892)
    Associational Sermon, by Rev. Willard Scott; Congregational College History in Nebraska, by Rev. Willard Scott;
     Congregational College  History in Nebraska, by Mrs. Reuben Gaylord
  Congregational Nebraska - 1905 book by Motier A. Bullock (Mardos Memorial Library)
  Family History for Rev. Reuben GAYLORD (1812-1880), "... first Congregational minister to enter the Territory of Nebraska," from Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record, Vol IV, no. 1 page 244 - Jan 1926
  Franklin County
  Ministers of the Congregational Church, Riverton, Franklin County (and excerpts from the 75th Anniversary Bulletin of the church) from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. One, no. 3, p 120 Winter 1978
  1881 First Congregational Church, Naponee, NE from Franklin County website
  Clay County
  Inland, NE - German Congregational Church, also known as Salems Community Church by Darla Stimbert, Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
       Book One covers the years from 1904-1911
       Book Two covers the years from 1912-1936
  Thomas County - Congregational Church, Thedford, NE from NSGS Ancestree, Vol. 2, no. 3
  York County - Congregational Church, York NE, Consecration Roll from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 1 no. 1.
  
  
• Eastern Orthodox Church
  St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Kearney, Buffalo County website by Mona Houser.
  
  
• Episcopal Church -
  Farmer Boy Who Became a Bishop, The - 1911, by Anson Rogers Graves (Dec 2002).
  Selections from Compendium ...Western Nebraska, 1909
       Brief biography of Bishop A. R. Graves
       Kearney Military Academy (p 560)
  Dawes County, Grace Episcopal Church at Chadron - Records of Baptism, Marriage, Burial (from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 4 no. 2)
  
  
• Friends (Quakers)
  "Some Quaker History" from Nebraska & Midwest Genealogical Record, Vol VII, no. 4 p 73 (Oct. 1929)
  Quakers and Nebraska Indians in 1869 from NSHS publication: "History", Vol VII, no. 2 pp 59-61
  Friends Church Cemetery, Dakota County, NE from NSGS NE Ancestree Vol. 4, no. 3
  
  
• Holland Reformed Church -. The church is still in existence in Holland, NE (Lancaster Co) and has records going back to the mid or late 1800's. It was started by Dutch immigrants who went on to establish Reformed churches in Firth, Pella and Lincoln. (23 May 2001 - message from "Rick and Christy" <we4krups@navix.net>)
  
  
• Latter Day Saints - "Mormons"
  Mormons Settlements in the Missouri Valley (paper from 1899)
  Mormons on the Niobrara
  
  
• Lutheran Church  Books and papers on the internet, other resources. Links for
  "Jubilee Album" - Swedish Ev. Lutheran Fridhem Congregation of Funk, Nebraska, 1879-1919 by B. E. Bengtson
  "A Miracle of the Prairies" - A Story of Bethphage Mission at Axtell, NE, 1944
  "Around the Home Table" - Rev. J. C. Jacoby 1892 (NOT a history book; volume about doctrine, practice of Lutheran faith in the home.)
  
• Mennonite
  Memoirs of Peter Jensen
  Deuel County - Mennonite Cemetery from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 10 no. 4
  
  
• Methodist Episcopal Church -
  ME conference minutes found in this special project. Varies by location & by year.
  "History of Nebraska Methodism, First Half-Century" (1854-1904)
  "A Frontier Life: Sketches and Incidents of Homes in the West", 1902, by Rev. Charles Wesley Wells.
  "Have Faith in God" by the Rev. Charles W. Savidge, 1914 (Originally M.E., later - independent church in Omaha, NE)
  "Outposts of Zion" by the Rev. Wm. H. Goode, 1864
  and other items ...
  
  
• Presbyterian
  First Decade of Nebraska Presbytery by Lydia S. McCague from NSGS Ancestree, Vol VI, no. 3, p107
  Adams County
  Hanover Presbyterian Church death records - from NSHS NE Ancestree, Vol. 4, no. 2.
  Burt County
  Cass County
  First Presbyterian Church - Plattsmouth Nebraska, 1858-1908  Semi-Centennial Celebration and Jubilee Exercise
  Baptisms - Evangelis Presbyterian Church (1887-1889), Plattsmouth, Cass Co., NE from NSGS Ne Ancestree, Vol. 5 no. 1 - Summer 1982
  Baptisms - Evangelis Presbyterian Church (1889-1892), Plattsmouth, Cass County, NE from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol V, no. 2 - Fall 1982
  Church Book - Evangelis Presbyterian Church (1875-1905) from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 22 no. 2 page 52 - Winter 1999
  Sarpy County
  Presbyterian Mission at Bellevue from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 12, no. 2 - Fall 1989
  Records of the Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, Nebraska (Dec 1850 - Mar 1864) (Apr 1854 - Apr 1864) from Nebraska & Midwest Genealogical Record, Vol VIII, 1930.
  Saunders County
  Presbyterian Church at Wahoo, NE from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 8 no. 2
  Scotts Bluff County
  Morrill Presbyterian Church, 1937 (Mardos Memorial Library)
  Washington County
  Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church, 75th Anniversary from NSGS NE Ancestree, Vol. 19., no 2
  Obits
  The Rev. Richard Hovis (1923, WY - 2003, NE) - Published in the Grand Island Independent, 17 Dec 2003.
  The Rev. Phillips Todd (1916, CO - 2003, NE) - see archives of Columbus Telegram, 27 Jun 2003
       For his wife Margaret Hale Todd, see 22 Aug 2002.
  The Rev. Dennis A. Olsen (1947, Omaha, NE - 2006, Onawa, IA) minister of Christian Church - Published in the Grand Island Independent, 25 Oct 2006.
  The Rev. Dr. Roger Harp (1948, Tulsa, OK - 2007, NE) Published in the Grand Island Independent, 21 Feb 2007.
  
  
•  United Brethren -
   Biography of Rev. Sylvanus Johnson - Selection from Compendium ... Western Nebraska, 1909